Wealth of Communities
Subtitle: War Resources and Cooperation in the Renaissance Lombardy
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781472442468
Subjects: Renaissance, italy; War, economic aspects; Natural resources; War and society; Italy, politics and government; Italy, economic conditions; Italy, social conditions
Description: "The early sixteenth century was a turbulent time for the Italian peninsula as competing centres of power struggled for political control. Nowhere was this more true than the area contested by Milan and Venice, an area constantly crossed and occupied by rival armies. Investigating the impact of successive crises upon the inhabitants of the Po Valley, this book challenges many fundamental assumptions about the relationship between war and economic development and draws conclusion that have implications for early-modern Europe as a whole"--Provided by publisher.